The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-12 00:00:00

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THE DERBY.—RACE GLASSES (th- best), at CALLAGHAN'S, 2: I A, New Bcnad -street, W., corner of Condit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlantler, ienna. - ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and e;atErday. Grand Extra Night. Mdlle. Lucca ; Mdlle. Battu; Madame Didiee ; M. Faure ; Signor Attri; and Signor Mario. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), May the 12th, will be performed, for the first time this season, Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentira4, Mdlle. Pauline Lucca, her fourth appearance in England.' and first appear ance this sea on ; Margari ade Valois, Mdlle. arie Battu ; Dama u'Onore, M dame Tagliafico; Urban°, Madame Didiee, her fir t appearance this season ; II Conte di -an Bri ,M. Faure, his first appearance this season; Marcell.), Signor Attri, in consequence of he illness of Herr Schi t : II Conte de Nevers, Signor Tagliatico ; Meru, Signor Polonini ; Tavannes, Signor Rossi; De Bete, Signor Fa far; limr,nenot Soldier, Signor Lucchesi ; and Raoul, ,Signor Mario. C on d uc tor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divcrtiese and nt wi Despla .es. I be supported by Mdre. Ealvicni, Mdlle. Carmine, aM. Commence at half past Eight. I'lt tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre btals, lOs. &1., 75., and 55.; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Atter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakpere's Chr,nicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those eminent kr tists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montg,omery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addiso.i, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr:H. Vandenhoff, Mr. 13eirnore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss Rcse Leclercq, ~nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-laue Ccm pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Farren and Miss M Harris. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale. Buckstone. Rogers, Clark, Wealhersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwillism. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, N elly Power, Hill, Wright, Jlogers, To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. With the most earnest d-sire to adhere to the previous announcement, Mr. FECHTER is compelled, in consequence of the extraordinary Scenic preparation , to PO : TPONE the production of HAMLET until SATURDAY, May 21. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. Messrs. Fining, Hermann Vezin, Nelson, D. Fisher, tc.; Mesdames Hermann Vezin, C. Cersin, Atter which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with: DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. NEW THEATRE-R0 Y AL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and ManK,er, Mr. B. Webster. Last Week but four of he Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAN. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S ROUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by 3fessrs. A. Stirling, It. Phillips, Biiiington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. isidlington. To conclude with TI - IE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, F. Bedford, n. homer, 3liss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.-L E A 11.-THI6 EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish matden until further notice. In order to give due effect to tids most remarkable suctxs‘ of the se.,son, entirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. hanson and ons, and Thomps,;n. New dr, ssts and appo ntniepts have bet n prepareq tor its production.—N. it. In consequence of the ‘Tessing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar ingements have now been nade by which Seats m , y bc ob tained a Fortnight in Auvan,e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. uader the Management of Mr. R. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. - - Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular n rnes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. .). Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. ,iobinson. Mr, Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7. a Farce, with a new sensation, called aHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs. After which, a new and oriOnala Comely, in 5 acts,by Dion Boucicault, Esq., entitled THE FOX CHACE. Mr.. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robin son, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Charn , :erlaine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TIIIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. Atter which (13th time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. 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Containing the Latest SPORTING TNTELLIGE.NCE, pin be had Every Evening of - - G• EL GLENIE, NEWS AGZICT, No. 4, Connaught -terrace, Hyde-park. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN._ LL A RD'S PE III ; U3TED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BARGE' SULL'iIUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from Nos. 1 to 5, accordmg to the degree of sulph ur th ey con t a i n , sold at the depot, '2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, W., and at alt chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent on appliotion. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1864. Apart from the more apparent horrors of war, there is always much to deplore in the minor details and attendant circumstances. It is particu larly distress'ng to mark the manner in which the Prussians are carrying on the war in Jutland. It would seem as if every possible means had been employed to harass the population, and to render the inevitable evils of war as manifold in extent and degree as could be imagined. There can be no excuse for this conduct, and it is greatly to the discredit of all the parties concerned in the affair. That in the present day the General in command of an army should suffer his troops so commit such ravages on an unoffending people, and to comport themselves without the slightest regard to the prin ciples of moderation, is almost incredible. Were not the information furnished from reliable sources, and did not all accounts concur in bearing testi mony to their unrestrained demeanour, we should be slow to believe the damaging relation. Even those who might have been over-persuaded into the belief that the Germanic Powers had the right on their side, or at all events firmly considered that they had, must be greatly disgusted and completely dismayed when they peruse the accounts that arrive of the manner in which the invaders are act ing. One report unfortunately typifies another ; their name is legion, and one feels doubtful whether to entertain more sorrow for those subjected to such treatment, or indignation against the perpetra tors of such outrages. For instance, who could have credited, from the tone adopted at the outset of the contest by its originators, that the armies that were to protect more than to wage open war, would in so brief a space of time have resorted to plunder and pillage. There can be no earthly excuse for this ruthless course, and the fact of employing a civil com missioner to superintend an "organised plunder" stamps the undertaking with its true colours, and proclaims the whole affair to be a systematised scheme of ruin, and the account circulated at the outset a sham and a delusion. The expedition that set out on this ill-omened undertaking was in truth an " organised hypocrisy." Many doubted the authenticity of the assurances, and were anxious as to the fulfilment of the promises so speciously vouchsafed, but the reality has more than. verified the darkest forebodings, and given ground for ail sorts of suspicions and mistrust. Not satisfied with appropriating the goods of the shops, these merciless aggressors will next seize the stock and cattle of the peasants. Let this be attempted, and there will be evil in store for those who put the proposal into practice. It is at any rate satisfactory to know that the Muni cipal Council of Viborg had the sense and the spirit to refuse compliance with the extortionate demands that were required of them. When the refusal takes place the public treasuries are plun dered. This conduct is pretty fair from troops that set out under such flattering auspices, and heralded with so fair a promise of success. It is \ sometimes no gain to succe e d i n t h e ar d uous un dertakings in which we are engaged. Had the Prussians not been hitherto so victorious they would, and must have lowered their demands, and modified their expectations. If one act can be more insulting than another, it is immediately adopted. The first citizens and officials are taken and sent as hostages for the fulfil ment of the demands, and detained until compliance is made. Such a barbarous system as this is perfectly disgraceful, and an outrage on the feelings and sentiments of all civilised nations. The reply of the Municipal Council of Viborg is emi nently characteristic of the spirit which has dis tinguished the Danes throughout the whole of the unequal struggle in which they have been engaged. It is couched in language at once firm and mode rate, and expresses the determination of the inhabi tants in a manner that cannot be mistaken. The Prussians were unscrupulous enough to demand the sum of 50,000 dollars as a compensation. The Council declare that were they willing to meet these requirements, " the payment of 'doe sum de manded would be completely impossible." So simple and straightforward a reply would impress any authorities but those predetermined on their course, and resolved coute gut coute to effect their purpose, and seize the spoil. Earl RUSSELL may learn a useful lesson from the arrogant tone assumed by the Vienna Press. Surely they must speak to him of the effect of all his hesitation and backslidings in diplomacy. The insolence of the writers in these journals is simply ridiculous, and in endeavouring to sneer at us, they have quite overreached them selves. 'When a paper of note talks of the "insuf ferable arrogance, disgusting egotism, and almost inconceivable ignorance of the English in foreign affairs," it is satisfactory to find these spiteful critics make a blunder. They allude to the two Austrian frigates which passed through the British Channel, and thereupon assert that England grew pale with fright at the apparition. Now considering that one of these terrible frigates was destroyed in the naval fight with the Danes, and the other had to make a precipitate flight, it may be suggested that there were other parties besides the English who were " pale with fright." It is nearly incom. prehensible how such trash can be written, much less given heed to, but we know that it often occurs that great credence is attached to these emphatic utterances by those to wheel they are addressed. In the days of PITT and Fox sucb strictures were not applied to this country, because no one would have listened to them. It has fallen to our lot to be cast in the evil days when national honour is overcast, and national influence at a dis count, and the reward we reap for the sacrifices made for one or two States is that they turn round at every opportunity and make game of us. Cer tainly none can tell better than they how much we h ave retrograded from our former position, and been shorn of our ancient prestige. At the same time, nothing can excuse or exculpate such ingratitude and inconsideration on their part. Emigration has of late years beecme so mem' that the first inquiry mad e on hearing of a f ert i le and thi n l y popu l a t e d district is, how far it is adapted f or co l on i sat i on . Our people have show n an aptitude f or co l on i s i ng Po ssessed by no other nation, and have proved their capability of adapting themselves to the requirements of different localities by successfully establishing settlements in every habitable zo ne , an d i n both hemispheres. I t re quires a combination of qualities to found a sub stantial colony, for it is not enough to possess the energy and spirit of adventure which makes men dare the perils of an unknown life ; neither is it sufficient to have the prudence And wisdom to regulate the affairs of an infant community, with out a brave, cheerful, enterprising nature. There are difficulties to be overcome both from within and without, and the home-sickness of the emigrants too often makes the burdens and deficiencies of a rough colonial life seem doubly oppressive. That perseverance And steadiness which are so eminently characteristic of Englishmen have, no doubt, been conspicuous among the elements of their colonial success, and the quiet good sense which generally distinguishes the practical class who emigrate, has perhaps equally contributed to the rapid develop ment of their settlements, We find a remarkable example of the reluctance to abandon an under taking in the early history of the North American colonies, which were again and again repeopled from the mother country, after disease or famine had depopulated the infant States. In these days, however, the intendiug emi grant has no such perils to contend with as in the time :of " good Queen BESS, " and accordingly the suggestion of a new colony carries with it less of an alarming or exciting nature. Such a suggestion was made the other evening at a meet ing oftthe Royal Geographical Society, held under the presidency of Sir RODERICK MURCHISON, for the purpose of hearing a most interesting narrative of the fortunes of an adventurer in search of an easy passage across the Chilian Andes. The gentleman who undertook this somewhat formidable expedie tion is a Senor Cox, the son of an English physician at Valparaiso, who probably regards himself as a Spaniard, from the title he assumes. His object was to discover an easy passage across the South American continent, from the new Chilian settle ments on the Pacific side on the one hand, to the River Negro, long since proved to be navigable from the Atlantic to the eastern side of the Andes. Could this be effected, a direct communication would be opened, not only between the various settlements but between the two oceans: Unfortunately the object of Senor Cox's arduous undertaking was frustrated for the time by the hostility of the Indian tribes, but the information which he acquired is valuable, and he will probably be enabled to accom plish his journey another time. The account given of his adventures was most interesting and curious. Starting from Port Moutt, a thriving German settlement near the island of Chiloe, he proceeded with an expedition, equipped at his own cost, to the inland sea of Nagelhuapi, whose name bears the cheering interpretation of "Lake of Tigers." To reach this he had to pass two lakes, which he crossed by means of gutta percha boats he carried with him, and he succeeded in finding a pass over the Cordillera at an altitude of less than 3,000 feet. Nagelhuapi lies on the eastern side of the Andes chain, so that the party of explorers were de lighted to find a stream issuing from it in the direc tion of the rivers which flow into the Atlantic. Could they prove this junction, the object of their journey would be attained, but it was not to be. When within five miles of the point up to which the river Negro had been navigated, the boat, which had already run great risks from the nume rous rapids, overturned, and after a narrow escape by water the adventurers encountered equal perils on land, for they were seized by a party of savage Indians, whose chief declared he would put them to death for their presumption in visiting his terri tory without permission. The old story about the charms of music was verified to some purpose in this instance, since Senor Cox succeeded in pa cifying the irate Cacique by playing a tune on his flageolet, which strangely, but fortunately, was among the articles saved from the wreck. After a time the Cecilue relented so far as to promise his assistance in reaching the Negro, but with a shrewdness worthy of a civilised speculator, he in. sisted upon the presents being fetched from Val divia first. Accordingly, Senor Cox has returaed to tell his story, which, so far as the geographical portion of it goes, is highly satisfactory. IVe hope that the Ce oique will prove true to his promise, but if he will do no more than abstain from active in terference there seems little doubt at present that the object will be finally attained. There will of course be some obstacles in the way, chief among them the hostility of the Indian tribes, and the rapids which proved so dangerous to the exploring party in the newly discovered river, which they call the Limey, but a great step has been gained in establishing the possibility of such direct communication between the two sides of the continent. Admiral FITZROY, in commenting upon this interesting narrative, observed that the region referred to was, both in regard to soil and climate, specially suited to Englishmen. The south-west parts of South America, he said, were among the finest regions in the world, and, indeed, we have a proof of the kindly nature of the clime in the rapid progress of the new German colony of Port Moutt, which a short time back was founded in a district only inhabited by a few scattered tribes of savages, but in ten years' time has become a town, with a population of 15,000. Admiral FITZROY, who surveyed the coast some years ago, gave some valu able information as to the capabilities of the country, and remarked that the western side was all well timbered, while the range of the Andes is rich in minerals. At the time of his visit there were only a few fragments of coal lying about, which no one took the trouble to pick up; but now the natural advantages of the place have been turned to more account, since we hear of 20 or 30 ships loading coal there at one time.. Extensive forests of good apple-trees are to be found, says Admiral FITZROY, in the Chilian forests, while the country is fortunate enough to possess no less than three distinct kinds of potatoes, better than any we have in this country. The Admiral expressed some surprise that no adventurous Englishman had re plenished our deteriorated stock from this source. From all accounts, this hitherto little-known and neglected region opens a wide field for enterprise and exertion, and bids fair to become an excellent channel for relieving the struggling populations of the overcrowded Eastern hemisphere. BEER AND ALE.—The demand for British beer and ale appears to eat , ind steadily. Thus, the 7alue of the exports under this head in the first quarter of the current year was £174,565, against £155,857 in the cor responding period of 1363, and £101,836 in the correspond ing period of 1862. British India and Australia continue our best customers for malt liquors. Thus, the former con sumed our beer and ale during the first three months oz 1861 to the value of £133,550, against £116,231 in the cor responding period of 1863, and £164,5C6 in the correspond ing period of 1862: while the latter figures for £117,0(17 in the first 3 months of this year, against £188,463 in 1863, and L 119,731 in 1862. BRUTAL MURDER.—The village of Rudgway, near Thornbury, has been the scene of a brutal murder. The victim is a poor blind woman named Mary Carthey, but better known as Mary Curtis, whose husband has been dead for some time, and who, since her widow hood, has supported herself by basket-making. It was known to have been her custom every night to walk down the garden path leading from her cottage to shut the wicket and her murderer must have availed himself of this oppor tunity to effect his purpose. On Tuesday morning the poor woman w as f oun d l y i ng dead outside her house, there being marks of blood about her head, and her throat being cut. A stone hammer, a "razor. case, and a stick were found near the spot, and have been identified as the property of a labourer named Gough, who has absconded, and who had previously threatened the deceased. LIQUOR DEALERS IN AMERICA.--The number of retailers who sell liquor in the United States is more than one-half of all the retail traders in the country, for the 10 djllar retail dealers' license produces 1,227,912 dollars, while the 20 dollar liquor retail license is credit or f or 1,477 1 751 dollars,—American Apnanac for 1861, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RUSSIA. RUSSIAN PROHIBITION TO EXPORT HORSES. HAMBURG, MAY 11. The Russian Government has prohibited the ex portation of horses from the Southern provinces of the Empire. DENMARK, CONDITIONS OF THE TRUCE BETWEEN DENMARK AND THE ALLIES. COPENHAGEN, MAY 10, 5.12 p.m. The Government bas concluded a truce for ono month commencing from the 12th inst. The belli- gerents are to give notice of their intention to re• new hostilities one week before its expiration. The allies will remain in possession of Jutland, and the Danes of Alsen. The allied forces are not to impose any further contributions in Jutland, nor interfere in the civil government of that province. The blockade of the German ports is raised. COPENHAGEN, MAY 10, 7.10 p.m. The Minister of Marine has published a notifica tion raising the blockade of Prussian, Holstein, and Schleswig ports from the 12th inst. It is asserted that th© Moister of War has ten dered his resignation: BERLIN, MAY 12. An invitation has been issued by a number of deputies belonging chiefly to the extreme Conser vative psrty, headed by Count Arnim Boy tzembarg, to sign an address to the King relative to the affairs of Schleswig and Holstein. The draft of the address to be signed contains the following passage : ss - w e deem the separation of the German portion of Schleswig and the whole of Holstein from Den mark, and their union as a separate State, either under their own Sovereign. efficaciously protected by a powerful German State, or else annexed as a provir ce to the latter, to be the only solution which offers a corresponding return for the sacrifices already made, and, at the same time, promises to secure a lasting peace and the welfare of those con cerned." ITALY. THE INSUItREC rioN IN TUNIS. TURIN, MAY 12, 10 A.M. The rumour is current that the Italian Govern ment intends to despatch a frigate with troops to Tunis, to allay the feats of the numerous Italian inhabitants of that place. It is believed that similar steps will be taken by France and England. SPAIN, MADRID, MAY 12. No decision has been come to by the Commission appointed to deliberate upon the Paesivo debt. PO R TUGAL. The students are returning to Coirubia without further disturbances, The proposed railway to Algaroes has been ap. proved by the Cortes. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 11,—The market opened firm, and with rather an upward tendency, but a further ad vance was checked by the arrival of English Conso's with a fall of Threes, for the Account, are un- , varied at E6f. 75e. Mobilier, after having improved to 1,180 f,, are now at 1,177 500. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows :- 4± per Cents .. 93 10 Italian Loan GS SO Do. aid month.... Do. end month 6B 90 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 75 Do. end month.... Credit Mohler.... 1172 50 Russian Do. end m0nth....1167 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3350 Spanish Threes.... Credit Fancier 1260 Home Debt .. Roman RA.ILWAYB. Cash. Account. 880 880 985 .. 982 50 883 75 887 50 887 50 .. -- 650 .. 648 75 495 495 465 .. 463 75 367 50 367 50 407 50 ~ 411 25 532 50 .. 536 25 481 25 .. 490 568 75 .. 56 . 5 267 50 272 50 Orleans Northern Lyons and 2-leditorranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern .. SarJinian Austrian Lorr.blrd North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, May 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Delta, Captain Weeks, with the heavy por. tion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings 133 passengers. Amongst whom are, from Gib raltar, Viscount Lumley, Ensign the Hon. J, C. Amherst, Captain Sawyer, and Lieuts. Ward and Whalley, The Delta has on freight four boxes specie, 140 packages elephants' teeth, 170 packages shawls, 151 bales co -ton, 39 casks wine, 1 box precious stones, and 186 packages sundries. The Delta experienced strong north-westerly winds and heavy head sea from Alexandria to Malta; thence to Gibraltar, w es t er l y g a l e s and high sea ; across the Bay of Biscay, and easterly winds and thick weather; and up the Channel south-easterly winds and rain. On the 6th inst. , the Delta exchanged signals with the steamer Ripon steering E. On the Bth spoke the steamer Lara, belonging to the Pacha of Egypt, steering S.E., and the St. Syria steering southward on t he 9th, spoke the steamer Caroline bound from Cadiz to London, and the steamer Frankfort steering S.E. and the 11th passed the British ship Sovereig n, the British ship Lansdowne, beating up the Channel, and an Austrian gunboat steering to the eastward. Her Majesty's ships P rocr i s and Fox were at Gibraltar; and at Malta, the p s yche, Defence, Resistance, and Marlborough. Her Majesty's screw corvette Racoon, Captain Count Gleichen, left Gibraltar on the 3d for Mare seilles to receive on board his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who conti nues hi s naval service as a lieutenant on board th e R aco on. The Portugu ese s l oop o f w ar Mindelle left Gibraltar on th e 3d f or T an is, where she proceeds in order to afford protection to Portuguese during the disturbances in that Regency. Her Majesty's ship Orontes!, which left Gibraltar some time since with th e 2d Battalion 6 th Foot for the 'West Indies, was compelled by a succession of westerly gales to call at st. Vincent's, Cape de Verd, to coal. After leaving Gibraltar the Orontes exerieuced a three days' gale, which prevented h er reaching Madeira. She then made for Teneriffe to obtain a supply of coal. After remaining two days at Teneriffe she left for Trinidad direct ; but, owin g to a continuance of adverse winds , made for the Cape do Verd Islands, in order to get a further supply of coal before crossing the Atlantic, whi c h she reached on the 29th March, and was to leave for Ttioidad the following day. At St. Vin cent the drought continued, and the islands were suffering intensely from the famine; vegeta tion have entirely disappeared owing to the absence of rain for the last 20 months. The people were dying of starvation. The above news reached Gib. raltar by the Portuguese sloop of war Min lello. Cadiz papers of the 3d says—" The Havannah mail brings news from St. Domingo to April 9. Brigadier Palanca sustained in Puerto Plata, on March 27, a glorious action against 3,300 rebels, with four pieces of artillery. Our troops amounted to 400 men, and had 3 killed, 25 wounded, and 45 bruised (contused). The enemy had 200 killed. Gen. Owlara had entered upon the command of the island. Generals Vargas and Sibi!a had arrind at Santiago de Cuba, where troops and vessels were assembling for St. Domingo. Brigadier Vitiate commands the expedition. But few of the sick were dying. At the hospitals of Cuba there were 2,000 convalescents; 600 were ready to .return to the ranks." Exchanges.—London, 90 days' date, 501 to ; Paris, 5t 32c; Marseilles, 5f 33c ; Genoa, Of 33c ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, par; Cadiz, 8 days' sight, 11 to 2 dis.; Seville, 1 dis.; Malaga, - 4 1 -, dis.; Bar celona, 1 premium ; Almeria, par; Valencia, par ; Alicante, par. Premium on five-;rant pieces, Ito per cent. premium, LITERATURE. Popular Edition Edition of " Les Miserables," One Vol., pp. 486. Hurst and Blackett. A beautiful edition of an excellent translation of a very wonderful book nothing less than that can, in simplest truth, be said of this new reprint, in a cheap and popular form, of "Les Miserables." Any one who handles the volume and reads it, will coincide with us in so speak ing of it. Those who have not read the work have a treat befcr3 them. For, among all the various writings of Victor Hugo, We do not hesitate to pronounce " Les Miserables'' his literary masterpiece. It is far more than a mere companion work to his other great fiction, " Notre Dame de Paris." It is hardly too much to say of " Les Miserables" that it is the prose epic of the oentury. Upon the extraordinary fiction already mentioned, that romance of " Notre Dame" which, several years ago, acquired for the author so distinguished a position among the great masters of imaginative literature, there was a taint—the taint of impurity. With " Les Miserables" it is otherwise. In it, there are no such scenes as those which sully that earlier romance from the hand of the great French Poet-Dramatist- Novelist. In " Les Miserables" there is no Claude Frollo, there is no Captain Phoebus. So far, indeed, from there being any impurity what ever in this later and greater work of Victor Hugo's, the very moral of it, as we may say, is definable by the one single word " purification." Yet, here, in " Les Miserables," as in " Great Expectations," the true hero of the tale that so enthralls us, of this tale that if only read aright is so calculated to better us in the perusal of it, is—a felon, a convict, one who is iu the eye of the law a heinous and detestable malefactor ! And— what Pip is to Magwitch, Cosette is to Jean Valjean. Tempting though the continuation of the comparison here hinted at is, however, we will at once refrain from pursuing it, restricting our comments upon this cheap popular reprint of " Les Miserables" solely to " Les Miserables," our remarks, moreover, having simply reference to this as the fourth edition of the authorised copy right English translation. The elevated character of the work, it will be remembered by all those who are happily already familiar with it, is very nobly and very beautifully indicated in the opening chapter, by a most charming delineation of the character, the life, the household of the venerable Charles Franc ris Bienvenu Myriel, the aged Bishop of D—. Appearing only in the preamble, as we may say, of the story, he is nevertheless the good angel of the book throughout—he is at least the good angel of the unhappy Jean Valjean, the galley-slave. It is through the beneficent treat ment received at the hands of the good Bishop Myriel that Jean Valjean in reclaimed for life, and reclaimed, as we are led to believe, not only for life but for the life eternal. How reclaimed—the narrative relates through a series of enthralling ins cidents, of hairbreadth 'scapes and perillons adven tures. The vicissitudes of the at first to all appear ance ruffianly, but the in reality saintly hero of the work, fix the reader's interest breathlessly while he is threading the intricate mazes of the plot, and while he is following up the one delicate clue through those mazes—that involved and sinuous thread of the narrative leading him in the end to the very central core of the labyrinth. To the tearful yet blissful moment, that is, when the happy young lovers Cosette and Marius, as Baron and Baroness de Pontmercy, kneel at the feet of their father and benefactor while he is dying—kissing his hands, those " august hands," at once the hands of Jean Valjean, the galley slave, of M. Made leine, mayor of M. and manufacturer, and of the white-haired Pere Fauchelevent. Besides the three principal characters already men tioned, the athletic Jean Valjean, his beau tiful adopted daughter Cosette, and her husband the handsome Marius, Baron Pontmercy—besides these and the good Bishop Myriel—what a throng of other vividly-delineated characters of all ranks and classes there are in "Les Miserables !" Students and grisettes, cut-throats and officers of justice, rich and poor, old and young, male and female, and— Ah! the Little Children ! The exquisite little chil dren ! Victor Hugo's genius being always, at its very best, at its tenderest and loveliest, whenever it comes to treat of Children or of Childhood! Youth, even, has an inexpressible magic in calling forth the graces of his style, as, where he is speaking of the lovely but fallen Fantine in her poverty and her beauty, he depicts her in single sentence, as with a pencil of sunlight, thus—" She was a charming blonde,with handsome teeth; she had gold and pearls for her dower, but the gold was en her head, and the pearls were in her mouth." Here, however, is one of those bewitching pictures by Victor Hugo —not of Youth merely, however charming, but of what his whole poetic soul seems always to yearn over with such ineffable tenderness—the angelic grace of Childhood : THE HIDEOUS CART, AND THE LITTLE GIRLS SWINGING. Though nothing is more common than a cart at a post house door, the vehicle, or rather fragments of a vehicle, which blocked up the street in front of the Sergeant of Waterloo, one spring evening in 1818, would have certainly attracted the attention of any painter who had passed that way. It was the fore part of one of those wains used in wood countries for dragging planks and trunks of trees ; it was composed of a massive iron axle-tree, in which a heavy pole was imbedded and supported by two enormous wheels. The whole thing was sturdy, crushing, and ugly, and it might have passed for the carriage of a monster gun. The ruts had given the wheels, felloes, spokes, axle-trees, and pole, a coating of mud, a hideous yellow plaster, much like that with which cathedrals are so often adorned. The wood work was hidden by mud and the iron by rust. Under the axle-tree was festooned a heavy chain, suited for a convict Goliath. This chain made you think, not of the wood it was intended to secure, but of the mastodons and mam moth for which it would have served as harness ; it had the air of a cyclopean and superhuman bagne and seemed re moved from some monster. Homer would have bound Polyphemus with it, and Shakespeare, Caltban. Why was this thing at this place in the street? First, to block it up ; secondly, to finish the rusting process. There is in the old social order, a multitude of institutions which way be found in the same way in the open air, and which have no other reasons for being there. • The centre of the chain hung rather close to the ground, and on the curve, as on the rope of a swing, two little girls were seated on this evening, in an exquisite embrace, one about two years and a half, the other eighteen months ; the younger being in the arms of the elder. An artfully-tied handkerchief prevented them from falling, for a mother had seen this frightful chain, and said, " What a famous plaything for my chil dren!" The two children, who were prettily dressed, and with some taste, were radiant ; they looked like two roses among old iron; their eyes were a triumph, their healthy cheeks laughed; one had auburn hair, the other was a brunette; their innocent faces had a look of surprise; a flowering shrub a little distance off sent to passers-by a perfume which seemed to come from them ; and the younger displayed her nudity with the chaste indecency of childhood. Above and around their two delicate heads, moulded in happiness and bathed in light, the gigantic wain, black with rust, almost terrible, and bristling with curves and savage angles, formed the porch of a cavern, as it were. A few yards off, and seated in the inn door, the mother, a woman of no very pleasing appearence, but touching at this moment, was swinging the children by the help of a long cord, and devouring them with her eyes, for fear of an accident, with that animal and heavenly expression peculiar to maternity. At each oscillation the hideous links pro duced a sharp sound, resembling a cry of anger. The little girls were delighted ; the setting sun mingled with the joy, and nothing could be so charming as the caprice of accident which had made of a Titanic chain a cherub's swing. A suggestion of a picture, that we would fain urge upon the attention of Mr. Millais as the very sub ject for his diploma painting as the youngest of our Royal Academicians ! A very world of interest and beauty and horror has been created by the genius of Victor Hugo in tilis one book of " Les Miserables." As a fitting frontispiece to this charming p3pular edition of the work, Mr. Millais has contributed his lovely sketch of Cusette. In eontrast to whom, one thinks. upon the instant, of that most villainous of human reptiles, the detestable innkeeper Thenardier, the workman Jondrette, the actor Fabsntou, the poet Genflot, the Spanish Don Alvares, the "unprotected" Madame Balizard—one who is in reality, how ever, all the while, the keeper of the pot house at Montfermiel. Never yet, we believe, was there a better delineation of a genuine gamin de Paris than Victor Hugo's sketch in " Les Miserables" of the little Gavroche I Surely the very model gamin of all, the gamin of gamins/ As to the police intpector, JAvert—to.at archetype, as he is evi dently intended b be (and is to a certain extent), of the French Detective—we regard that as altogether the greatest mistake in the whole book. Never, we may be certain of this, would Mr. Bucket (for whom vide "Bleak House")--n3ver, we may be quite certain of this, would Mr. Bucket have ter minated his existence as M, Javert actually terminates his, by going and drowning himself in the river because of a sentiment, compounded half of chagrin, half of a wounded sense of honour in his calling! The fact of the matter simply being in Savert's instance that he has been outwitted by Jean Valjean, and afterwards magnanimously liberated un-scathed when his life is completely at Jean Valjean's mercy. Overwhelmed by which double stroke of fortune, Javert incautiously goes and commits suicide—or as the Bird of Prey in "Our Mutual Friend," would croak, makes a hole in the Seine, being himself already, of course, insane. The incident is a violation of all probabilty. It is simply an extravagance. But the work of art, the production of genius, of which this is one of the conspicuous flaws, will survive a blemish or two such as that, by reason of its abounding merits as a work of art, as a production of genius. And, that it is a signal example of both the one and the other, who shall deny that has once read " Les Mice rabies ?" The War in Denmark. (Front the Times Special Correspondent lately at the Danish Head-quarters.) COPENHAGEN, May 7. It has often occurred to me to allude, though very briefly, to the peculiar hardships that are apt to beset a Special Correspondent in the camp. Short commons, no quarters, scanty allowance of linen and water, worry, noise, weariness. In spite of a decent hotel and ample leisure, the life of your correspondent in town has also its own difficulties to contend with— of a different nature, certainly, but hardly less gall ing and harassing. Out at headquarters you have only comrades and friends, here in the city you find readers and critics. You do not, of course, when you write, expect to please everybody. The German papers call me " ein fanatischer Dinenfreund," and in that capacity they think I have pushed my sym pathies with Denmark to such extremities as to deserve at their hands the elegant appellations of " Ltigner and Verleumdcr.' It seems hard, after all that, to be told by your Danish friends that you are " seriously damaging their cause ;" but the Danes are not the first people for whom I write, nor yet the dearest to my heart; nor have I now to learn for the first time that what Philip drunk will proclaim in a high voice about himself to-day will give Philip sober mortal offence if repeated, even in the most guarded language, by a stranger to-mor row. The Danes are a self-controlled, highly-disciplined people. Political passions seldom run very high among them, popular commotions are rare, and not dangerous; rancours, suspicions, calumnies can no more thrive among them than noxious reptiles in certain hallowed islands of the blessed. Still, there are parties even in Denmark ; there is a Govern ment and an Opposition, an army and a people. a War-office in the capital, a general commanding in the field. Steer clear, if you can, of their petty wranglings and bickerings ; choose your path be tween diverging views and conflicting interests ; listen to right and left, and see if you can avoid making yourself obnoxious to both. The abandonment of the Dannewerke and the non-evacuation of Dybbol have given rise to a certain amount of mutual reproach and recrimi nation. Both measures were, in all probability, matters of sheer necessity ; botk were, perhaps, defensible on military, as well as on political grounds. Time being given fur reflection, parties have come to an understanding, and have shaken hands thereupon. But on the first outbreak of the intelligence great unpopularity naturally attached to those measures, and their authors shifted its weight from each other's shoulders, and acted somewhat on the sauve qui peut principle: It was " the commander's fault," " the War Mini ster's," " the Premier's ;" the charge was even laid on " high shoulders." Your correspondent said nothing on his own responsibility; he merely re ported everybody's talk; and when notes were com pared and anger had cooled, and it was found that " no one was to blame," it was contended that " the wicked correspondent was at the bottom of 11 mis chief; that it was all pure invention or evil con struction on his part." Be it so. For my own part, I have always tried to do justice to the good intentions of all persons connected with the manage ment of public affairs in Denmark; and were it even manifest that "some one had blundered," it is certainly not I who shall lay claim to infallibility. Fault is found with me for attaching too great a❑ importance to the disaster at Dybbol, and for my proneness to look upon the cause of Denmark as a somewhat hopeless one. I have said that the Danes lost at Dybbol "nearly one-half of their small army." I must so far rectify that expression as to explain that by it I meant half the army in occupation of the Dybbol and Alsen position. The Danish army soon after the outbreak of the war was said to have been raised to about 50,000 men. There were not, however, more than 25,000 to 30,000 actually in the field at the Dannewerke, and I doubt whether a much larger force than that was at any time brought into actual service. Imme diately on the retreat from Schleswig it was found that even this force would be too cumbrous for the little island to which it came for refuge, and, besides the cavalry division which marched by land towards Jutland, under Hegermann Lin denkrone, other large detachments were shipped off from Sonderborg to Fredericia and Veile, and the garrison permanently settled on either side of the Alssund was not intended to exceed 18,000 combatants. Frequent shifting of troops took place from A'sen to Jutland and vice versa during the siege, but it is my firm conviction that towards the end the army in Alsen and Dybbol, owing to losses by death, wounds, capture, and sickness, was reduced to something like 12,000. If, as it is now generally admitted, the fall of Dybbol involved a loss of about 5,500 combatants, my original state ment that nearly one-half of the army—of that army—was sacrificed to a point of honour cannot be so far from the truth. I never uttered any opinion as to the expediency cr necessity of that lamentable sacrifice. I limited myself to plain facts, leaving it to time and the world to weigh the circumstances in which Denmark was placed, and to do justice to her heroic and generous, however, perhaps, cruel and improvident, resolution. From what 1 have said of the original numbers of the D anish army I may easily infer its actual strength at this moment. I have no access to official informa tion, and had I obtained it, I might not feel at liberty to put it in print, affording the enemies of Denmark facts which might be turned to her injury. As mere matter of guesswork, I may say I believe the army now concentrated in Funen, with head quarters at Assens, may be computed at 18,000 to 20,000 men. Adding the 3,500 to 4,000 who still make up llegermann Lindenkrone's division, I should say that 24,000 combatants constitute the whose disposable force of Denmark at the present moment. I must add my conviction also that this small State has already strained its powers to their utmost to muster even such an army as has so gal lantly kept its ground hitherto, and that she is at the end of her recruiting resources. Now, with 24,000 men arrayed against a host of 80,000 to 100,000 Austro-Prussians, a host with an unlimited command of reinforcements, was I so very wrong if I considered the cause of Denmark in itself as nearly desperate ? With all her lionlike courage and endurance, Denmark would scarcely have engaged single-handed in a struggle against the combined forces of two such colossal States as Prussia and Austria. She thought she would no be alone in the field; that she might rely on the chapter of accidents. That on one hand only being stretched out to her rescue her generous spirit would immediately revive, and that her efforts would be equal to her ancient renown, I by no means doubt; but, left to herself, she perishes. Her army, small as it was—too small to confront even such enemies as Saxony, Hanover, and other minor States in the field—was thought to have some chance behind strong positions. "Danes' works" might be held where Danes' arms would have been worsted. An attempt was made at a brave stand at the Panne xerke. A glorious defence was made for the best part of three months at the bastions of Dybtot, But when DyloLOI fell the frith of the Danes in earth mounds aria trenches was shake!.. It was then, I said, without any claim to pro phetic gifts, that Alsen could be taken by the Prussians in three lnurs, and Fredericia in three days. The Danes were indignant at my words, but Fredericia was, if not taken, forsaken More those words appeared in print in England ; and if Alsen is still uninvaded, where is there a man in his senses who doubts, or who does not avow, that her fate is put off from political, not from military, considerations P If, then, Denmark, with all her courage and obstinacy could nut stand her ground beyond three months even behind strong intrenchments, how can she hope to prolong the struggle on that open field which she was unable to maintain at the bc. ginning ? The wastes of Jutland are extensive, and General Hegermann may contrive long to dodge an finally to give the slip to Gablenz and Wrangel, His division, with the main Danish army, may muster in Funen, and the sea may for some time afford Denmark in an island that security which her military engineers could not construct for her on the main land. But the Little Belt at Mid dlefart is only half a mile in width. The Prussian cannon from the Jutland coast can sweep the Funen shore for two or three miles inland ; and the naval superiority of Denmark depends on the will and the power the Austrian ironclads may have to cross from the North into the East Sea, from the German Ocean into the Baltic. Taking all these circumstances into consideration, I do really feel that Denmark, unless powerfully supported from abroad, is brought to the brink of ruin. Let only a score or two of good rifled cannon be landed by a friendly vessel in Funen ; let only a positive veto be laid upon the further movements o Austrian frigates by a mighty ally, and the struggle may yet be prolonged ; rien qu'une main tendered by one of the Western Powers, and I will answer that Danmark will do as much as may be expected of mere human endeavour; but isolation brings with it not only physical weakness and exhaustion—it engenders that despondency, that consternation, moral death, which prostrates the soul before the body is borne to the ground. The actual physical strength of Denmark as a mere third-rate Power—for to that rank had the blows dealt by England and the Treaty of 1814 reduced her—is eomethirg prodigious, and speaks volumes in favour of the wise, thrifty r - anagernent with which especially the finances of the country have been conducted. Both as a State and as a • people Denmark was in the enjoyment of a general wellbeing rarely attained by any earthly commu nity. Her husbandry, her popular education, her charitable institutions were in the most flourishing condition, I hardly know whether it may be ascribed to the wisdom and liberality of the governors or to the instinctive docility and good temper of the goe verned, but the fact is that Europe had nowhere a better organised, more leniently handled set of people. It is not in the nature of the Dane to e.eer cise tyranny, and even the malcontents in Schleswig and Holstein never preferred any serious complaint against their rulers for extortions,for maladminstra lion of justice, for vexatious police restraints, or for political persecution. These Northern people are a mere flock—the happiest mixture of strength and gentleness, of the lion and lamb I ever fell in with. An English clergyman of my acquaintance found fault with their lukewarmness in Divine matters. Lutheranism, as I said on a former occasion, " sits easy on this people;" but the same reverend gentle man confessed in the KM) breath that the Danes even in this city are " the truest and most honest people in the world." It is the purpose of all re ligion, as of all law, to " bind ;" and why should the bonds on a man be tighter than his nature re. qoires P It is lucky, indeed, for a part of Denmark that the peace and good government she enjoyed during the last fourteen years have spread so general a wellbeing over the country. The poor Jutlauders are now being plundered by the Prussians and Austrians without mercy. Marshal Wrangel im posed, on the 28th, a contribution of 650,000 Prus sian thalers over that province, to be paid within 48 hours. Jutland had already been drained of her resources by more than two months' requisitions in kind. It is, however flourishing, merely an agri cultural country. The farmers invest their earnings in stock and implements, and have seldom much cash at hand. The Prussian, however, would hear neither of remonstrance nor delay in the payment of this tax. Towns which were not ready with their contingent were threatened with sack, and the shops of some of them were indeed plundered by the soldiery. From other places the most con spicuous citizens were taken into captivity as hostages. Private letters from Horsens, Veile, Vigor, Mariager, Hobro, &c., describe scenes in which the Prussian and Austrian officers actually play the part of Chiavone and Ninco - Nanco. Jute land is delivered over to military execution. Mar shal Wrangel informs us that these robberies are committed by way of compensation fur the seizure of German vessels by the Danish cruisers. He adds that the estimate of these damages is only approxi. mate, and that either the sum will have to be aug mented, or the contributors reimbursed, according as that estimate may happen to be below or above the mark. The Marshal does not consider, how ever, that the se zure of vessels inflicts a de finite loss which it is in the power of the Ger man Government to indemnify ; while the con tribution falls on the Jutlenders upon an arbi trary system of distribution, and its exaction, in the event of non-solvency, is entrusted to an irresponsible soldiery, who take what t hey like. Moreover, their depredations fall upon private people withdrawn from the protection of the Danish Government, which has no power to mike good tneir losses out of the public purse. By these out rages, at all events, the Pruesians, who in this war are certainly the aggressors, give the most emphatic lie to the civilisation which constituted their boast, and farce our age two centuries back into bar barism. His Majesty the King has determined to set:aside the amount of 4,000 rigsdalers annually from his Civil List for the nest 10 years towards the sup support of the relatives of fallen Danish soldiers- The National Provincial Bank of England. (MEETING THIS DAY.) The National ,Provincial Bank of England held their annual meeting to-day, Mr. John Minet Laurie in the chair. The report proposed for adoption stated that the accounts comprised operations for the year to the 31st December last, The year 1863 opened with improved pro spects of trade in the manufacturing districts. The reduced production of the cotton manufacture in the year 1862, owing to the diminished supply of the raw material, led to an exhaustion of stocks, and a corresponding enhancement of price in the markets of the world, which gave a general impetus to manufacturing activity, and proved a material abatement Zof the Lancashire distress. The encourage meet thus afforded has been found effective in stimulating the productive energies of other coun tries in furnishing a better supply of cot: on. The abuniant harvest which supervened in the autumn increased the accumulation of capital and gave additional prosperity to the home trade, leading also to the formation of a variety of new schemes, financial and otherwise, for developing the resources of the country, The value of money at the commencement of the year was 3 per cent, and rapidly rose in the mouth of January to 5, but descended again by the end of April to 3 por cent.; a reaction ensued by the end of May to 4 per cent., at which rate it remained until November, when it gradually rose to 8 per cent,, giving upon the whole a fair average for the year, and thereby enabling the directors to submit the following very favourable statement of accounts, which they trust the proprietors will deem highly satisfactory. Out, of the profits the directors proposed to declare, in addition to the Dividend and bonus paid during the year, a further bonus of 7 per cent,, making the division of profits, in 1863, in all 21 per cent. upon the paid-up capital, to Dec. 31, free of income tax, amounting to £63,000, ltaving . a reserve of £207,718 5s 2d, which, with the premium of 1.,7t14, realised from the 426 new shares voted last year, increases that fund to 4209,452 5s 2d. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1864 I I